Minimist-expand NPM

minimist-expand

Expand minimist args with expand-object.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install minimist-expand --save

Without minimist-expand

$ --set=a:b,c,d
# results in => { _: [], set: 'a:b,d,d' }

With minimist-expand

$ --set=a:b
# results in => { _: [], set: {a: ['b', 'c', 'd']}}

Usage

Install minimist-plugins:

$ npm i minimist-plugins --save

Then add minimist-expand as a plugin:

var minimist = require('minimist');
var plugins = require('minimist-plugins');

var cli = plugins(mimimist)
  .use(require('minimist-expand'));

// '$ --set=a:b'
cli.parse(process.argv.slice(2), function (err, res) {
  //=> {_: [], set: {a: 'b'}}
});

Events

When used with minimist-events, call this plugin first so that events are emitted for all keys in the resulting object:

var minimist = require('minimist');
var plugins = require('minimist-plugins');

var cli = plugins(mimimist)
  .use(require('minimist-expand'))
  .use(require('minimist-events')());

cli.on('set', function (val) {
  console.log('set =>', val);
  //=> {a: 'b'}
});

// '$ --set=a:b'
cli.parse(process.argv.slice(2), function (err, res) {
  //=> {_: [], set: {a: 'b'}}
});

Related projects

expand-args: Expand parsed command line arguments using expand-object. | homepage
expand-object: Expand a string into a JavaScript object using a simple notation. Use the CLI or… more | homepage
minimist: parse argument options | homepage
minimist-events: Add events to minimist, ~30 sloc. | homepage
minimist-plugins: Simple wrapper to make minimist pluggable. ~20 sloc. | homepage